Pastor Odie Kennedy's Pearls

We have seen some hot days here in Colorado. If you live here, or have ever visited for more than 2 days, you already know how quickly the weather can change here. Many of residents tend to carry multi-season attire in the trunk of the care.  Even in the heat of this summer, there's a jacket or wrap somewhere nearby.  My days are filled with quite a bit of travel within the state.  It's easy to forget to grab a bottle of water on my way out. Our bible study lessons have been focused on how God uses the elements to save his people. Every lesson I jot down my take-aways for further study and reflection.  As we studied about the plague of bloody water, I begin to think about the people. If the water in Colorado turned to blood, what would we do?  Salt water has to be boiled and purified to be suitable for human consumption.  If you drink it as it is, your kidneys would eventually fail.  They are not made to filter that amount of salt. As you become increa...

There used to be a really popular toy called, Jack-in-the-Box. I'm not sure if children still play with it, but it had an interesting design.  Housed in a wooden music box was a clown.  When you cranked the handle on the box, music would begin to play.  The sound flowed out easily in the beginning, but the more you cranked the handle, the slower the music played.  All the while, the handle would get harder and harder to turn.  When it seemed like the handle couldn't move any further and nothing else could be done, the clown popped out of the box.  For some children, it was scary to see the clown pop up because it was seemingly unpredictable and unexpected. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.  The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink...